Mara Navarria
{{Short description|Italian fencer (born 1985)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox fencer
| name = Mara Navarria
| image =
| caption =
| country = Italy
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|7|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Udine, Italy
| weapon = Épée
| hand = right-handed
| height = 1.72 m
| weight = 75 kg
| natlcoach = Sandro Cuomo
| club = CS Esercito
| headcoach = Oleg Pouzanov
| fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/9248 current ranking]
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's épée}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold| 2024 Paris | Team épée}}
{{MedalBronze| 2020 Tokyo | Team épée}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Wuxi|Individual}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Cairo|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Milan|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2011 Catania|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Kazan|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Budapest|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Milan|Individual}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Games}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Kraków–Małopolska|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Basel|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2010 Leipzig|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Antalya|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Plovdiv|Individual}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Strasbourg|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Montreux|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Düsseldorf|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Antalya|Individual}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Kraków|Team}}
}}
Mara Navarria ({{IPA|it|ˈmaːra navarˈriːa|lang}}; born 18 July 1985) is an Italian former right-handed épée fencer, 2018 individual world champion, two-time Olympian, and 2024 team Olympic gold medalist.{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/athletes/9248|access-date=9 May 2021|website=FIE.org}}
Early and personal life
Navarria, whose paternal grandfather was from Sicily,{{cite web|url=https://messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it/sport/2011/09/25/news/mara-navarria-ai-mondiali-con-le-olimpiadi-nel-mirino-1.836373|title=Mara Navarria ai mondiali con le Olimpiadi nel mirino|work=Messaggero Veneto|date=25 September 2011|access-date=31 July 2024|language=it}} was born in Udine and grew up in Carlino. She took up fencing at AS Sangiorgina (now Gemina Scherma) in San Giorgio di Nogaro under the coaching of Dario Codarin.{{cite web|url=http://www.tremilasport.com/altri-sport/mara-airone-di-laguna/|title=Mara, airone di laguna|publisher=Tremila Sport|date=3 November 2011|language=it}} After her secondary studies in Cervignano, she moved to Rome to join Centro Sportivo Esercito, the sport section of the Italian Army, under coach Oleg Pouzanov.
Navarria married her physical trainer Andrea Lo Coco. They have a son, Samuele. Her sister Caterina and her brother Enrico are sabre fencers.
Career
She won the Fencing World Cup in the junior category in 2004 and 2006. She was first selected into the senior Italian team for the 2005 European Fencing Championships, where she finished 49th in the individual event and 9th with the team.
In the 2009–10 season Navarria was part of the Italian team that earned a silver medal after being defeated in the final by Poland.{{cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Sport_Vari/Altri_Sport/Scherma/21-07-2010/scherma-nuova-corsa-oro-71519044194.shtml|title=Fiorettisti azzurri d'oro. Le spadiste si fermano in finale|author=Marisa Poli|newspaper=Gazzetta dello Sport|date=21 June 2010|language=Italian}} The year after, at the World Championships on home ground, in Catania, Navarria was stopped in the table of 16 by Poland's Magdalena Piekarska and finished 12th. In the team event, Italy lost in the semifinal to China, which had just placed two fencers on the individual podium. They defeated Germany 45–33 to win the bronze medal.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Sport_Vari/Altri_Sport/Scherma/16-10-2011/delude-fioretto-maschile-803317339637.shtml|title=Spadiste, splendido bronzo. Delude il fioretto maschile|author=Marisa Poli|newspaper=Gazzetta dello Sport|date=16 October 2011|language=Italian}}
Navarria began the 2011–12 season by her first victory in the senior World Cup with a gold medal in Doha, followed by a silver medal in Budapest.{{cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/notizie-ultima-ora/Atri_sport/Scherma-Cdm-spada-Navarria/26-02-2012/2-A_001259982.shtml|title=Scherma: Cdm spada, 2/a Navarria|newspaper=Gazzetta dello Sport|date=26 February 2012|language=Italian}} She qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics as a member of the Italian team. In the individual event, she was defeated in the table of 32 by Maya Lawrence of the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/d1f823e6-49fa-433d-856b-2f7afd42f0f0|title= Mara Navarria|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=11 September 2012}} In the team event, Italy lost to the United States in the first round and ended up 7th after the ranking matches. Navarria finished the season 12th in world rankings, a career best as of 2014.
Navarria took a break in her career in the 2012–13 season to give birth to a son, Samuele.{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpiazzurra.com/2013/07/scherma-intervista-esclusiva-a-mara-navarria-in-pedana-con-un-tifoso-in-piu/|title=In pedana con un tifoso in più|author=Gabriele Lippi|publisher=Olimpiazzura.com|date=20 July 2013|language=Italian}} She came back to competition at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, where she finished 7th. At the World Championships in Budapest, she was stopped in the quarter-finals by Russia's Anna Sivkova, who eventually earned a silver medal.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Sport_Vari/Altri_Sport/Scherma/08-08-2013/scherma-mondiali-spada-garozzo-agli-ottavi-fuori-tagliariol-pizzo-20925260871.shtml|title=Spada amara per l'Italia: Navarria e Garozzo gli ultimi ad arrendersi|author=Marisa Poli|newspaper=Gazzetta dello Sport|date=8 August 2013|language=Italian}} In the team event Italy lost to Russia 27 to 28 in the quarter-finals and finished 5th.
The following season, Navarria reached the quarter-finals in the Havana and Rio de Janeiro World Cup tournaments. In the 2014 European Championships, she lost to France's Lauren Rembi in the second round. In the team event, Italy were defeated by Romania in the semi-finals. They then prevailed over Estonia to earn a bronze medal.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Sport-Vari/Scherma/12-06-2014/scherma-europeo-bronzo-spada-squadre-oro-paralimpico-vio-fioretto-80908565639.shtml|title=Scherma, settima medaglia europea nella spada a squadre. Oro paralimpico|author=Marisa Poli|newspaper=Gazzetta dello Sport|date=12 June 2014|language=Italian}} In the World Championships in Kazan, Navarria was knocked off in the second round by Estonia's Erika Kirpu, who would eventually take the silver medal. In the team event, Italy took revenge on Romania in the quarter-finals, but lost to Estonia in the semifinal. They overcame Hungary in the small final to earn a bronze medal.{{cite web|url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2014-07-23/scherma-mondiali-kazan-italia-spada-femminile-bronzo-163810.shtml?uuid=ABRNtfdB|title=Scherma, Mondiali Kazan: Italia, spada femminile di bronzo|publisher=Datasport|date=23 July 2014|language=Italian}}
In the 2014–15 season Navarria climbed her first World Cup podium since her comeback with a silver medal in Barcelona after losing in the final to China's Xu Anqi.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Sport-Vari/Scherma/24-01-2015/scherma-spada-mara-navarria-seconda-coppa-mondo-100613245307.shtml|title=Scherma, spada: Mara Navarria seconda in Coppa del mondo|author=Stefano Arcobelli|newspaper=Gazzetta dello Sport|date=24 January 2015|language=Italian}}
Medal record
=Olympic Games=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Year ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |
| 2021
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan |Team Women's Épée | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website |url=http://fie.org/competitions/2021/247 |access-date=29 July 2022 |website=FIE.org}} |
=World Championships=
= European Championship =
= Grand Prix =
=World Cup=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Date ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |
| 2012-02-11
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|QAT}} Doha, Qatar |Individual Women's Épée |
| 2015-01-23
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona, Spain |Individual Women's Épée | bgcolor="silver" |2nd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2015/85?tab=results|access-date=9 May 2021|website=FIE.org}} |
| 2016-01-22
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona, Spain |Individual Women's Épée |
| 2017-10-20
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|EST}} Tallinn, Estonia |Individual Women's Épée |
References
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External links
- {{Sports links}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20151004054518/http://www.eurofencing.info/athletes/biography/mara-navarria Profile] at the European Fencing Confederation
- {{cite web |url= https://www.federscherma.it/homepage/la-scherma/atleti/fiteam/181.html |title= Mara Navarria |access-date= 23 June 2019 }} at the Italian Fencing Federation
{{World Champions in Women's Epee}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Fencing Women Team Épée}}
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Category:21st-century Italian sportswomen
Category:European Games bronze medalists for Italy
Category:European Games medalists in fencing
Category:Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Category:Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 2023 European Games
Category:Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy
Category:Italian female épée fencers
Category:Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Mediterranean Games competitors for Italy
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
Category:Olympic fencers for Italy
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Italy
Category:Olympic medalists in fencing
Category:People of Sicilian descent
Category:Sportspeople from Udine